The Geek Jam Surgery | Episode 1: Big Horns, Ewok Funk and LifeMotifs

Episode 1 of The Geek Jam Surgery, the podcast where we take a deep dive into what makes your favourite geek culture music (anime/TV/Film score/Games/nerd core etc) remain on your goto playlists. Bedroom musicians with no formal training and trained, professional musicians get together to dissect sections of popular geek culture songs to analyse the creative choices and technical execution of the music.  Looking at topics such as; rhythm, melody, harmonies, chord movements, modulations plus engineering, mixing and mastering, hopefully learning something along the way. Its nerd music as described by music nerds. 

In this episode Paul, Bruce and Sterling examine the work of film scoring legend John Williams, specifically his iconic themes and motifs from the Star Wars movies.  From the huge horns that accompany the crawl to the soft leitmotifs that follow Harrison Ford around in his everyday life, not to mention a career filled with other blockbuster movie credits, the lads try to unpick some of his best known works.